It has been a busy few weeks since we left Toronto and the first event on the tour. Since then we have been to Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver.
The team has been keeping the blogsphere up-to-date and we wanted to point you to some...

With just 4 days to go before the kick-off of the cross-Canada tour we have come up with a contest for our faithful blog readers! Our theme this year is "Ready To Rock" and while we don't want to give away any surprises, you can just imagine what we might...

Previously, Barnaby posted asking if anyone out there is going to blog about the Canadian Tour - http://blogs.technet.com/barnaby_jeans/archive/2005/10/28/413240.aspx
We really want to see what the blogsphere thinks of the launch. Blog about your...

The Launch Blog was a huge success. We want to keep the momentum going so we have create two new community blogs:
For IT Pros - http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/
For Developers - http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs
These sites are going to be the...

For all of you that had asked about getting copies of the slides, they are now posted online. Head over to http://www.microsoft.ca/launch2005 to download the PPT files.
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A few posts from the crew on the road in Ottawa.
Sasha reports a very full house: http://www.geekswithblogs.net/sashak/archive/2005/11/10/59685.aspx
John talks about arriving in the Nation's Capital - http://blogs.msdn.com/jbristowe/archive/2005...

Yesterday the Launch Tour kicked off in Toronto. On behalf of the entire team here at Microsoft we want to thank everyone who attended for spending their day with us.
It was a great day and we hope everyone got something out of the presentations...

Today the tour is in Ottawa. We are very excited to be visiting the Nation's Capital to bring them the launch.
A few things to those who are planning to attend:
Get there early so that you are registered with a coffee in hand and ready for the big...

It's Launch Day!!! Things kickoff this morning with a briefing to the Canadian Press. Check out Mark's blog for a the behind-the-scenes look at the day's events.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MarkRelphsWeblog?m=69
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Check out Jerome's Blog for some of the answers to the questions we were asked the most in Toronto:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jcarron/archive/2005/11/10/491360.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/jcarron/archive/2005/11/10/491376.aspx

With the upcoming launch of Visual Studio .NET 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 it has generated a lot of interest among developers and IT professionals in understanding the new courses, exams and Microsoft certifications. Today, the new...

As a result of the great interest in the Nov 8 th Toronto Ready Launch Tour event, we have extended our capacity so that you have the opportunity to join us. Don’t miss out, register now!
www.microsoft.ca/launch2005/

The Experts area is the best kept secret about the upcoming launch!! It is another one of the long list of great reasons to attend one of the launch events.
John talks about it here - http://blogs.msdn.com/jbristowe/archive/2005/11/01/487768.aspx...

Members of the Microsoft Canada TechNet and MSDN teams are not only presenting at each Launch Tour city, but they are also blogging behind the scenes. Check out their blogs for more information on the tour, on the technology and other events in the community...

Heading to LA for PDC – this is a good read to get the most of the show. http://thespiderking.com/wordpress/?p=42 “If you are reading this, you know Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference is on and is coming up in mere days...

For those that want to learn more about the Security options for Authentication and Authorization with the ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Models then I recommend you visit my blog as I outline how to enable different Advanced Password Security option when working...

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